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Plant Profile

Florida Brickell-bush (Brickellia eupatorioides var. floridana)

Photo Credit: Jonathan Landsman

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Asteraceae
State: FL
Nature Serve ID: 131540
Lifeform: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/08/1989

Description:

Brickellia mosieri, also known as Florida Bricklebush, is a perennial herb in the Aster family, 1 - 3.5 feet tall, slender, erect, and branching. The yellow flower heads are in loose, open clusters at the ends of branches.

Where is Florida Brickell-bush (Brickellia eupatorioides var. floridana) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Brickellia mosieri grows exclusively on the pinelands of Miami Rock Ridge in Miami-Dade County outside the boundaries of Everglades National Park (ENP).

Distribution:

Current populations for Florida brickell-bush are between 2,150 to 3,700 plants. These numbers are decreasing due to habitat loss by non-native plants and overgrowth of dense hardwoods resulting from inadequate fire management.

States & Provinces:

Florida Brickell-bush can be found in Florida

Which CPC Partners conserve Florida Brickell-bush (Brickellia eupatorioides var. floridana)?

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known only from the Miami Rock Ridge in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Highly restricted endemic with a very narrow range. There are few populations. Its pine rockland habitat has been nearly eliminated by housing development. Other threats include fire suppression and exotic plant invasions. It is apparently endemic to Florida despite old literature reports from Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.

01/01/2010

habitat loss fire exclusion exotics

01/01/2010

2 known sites (possibly 10), 10-20 clones per site